FAKS Investigative Services, a research institution, has adjudged Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, Attorney- General and Minister of Justice, as one of the Best Ministers for the year 2022.
He received a plaque for his outstanding performance.
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Former National Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and current Director General of the National Lotteries Authority, Mr. Sammi Awuku, has supported NPP Akuapem North Constituency Executives to fix 400 meters for residents…
Parliament on Wednesday adopted the report of its Committee of Selection on the re-composition of its committees.
At the beginning of the first Meeting of the Third Session of the Eighth Parliament, the National Democratic Congress (ND…
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out giving up any of his country's territory in a potential peace deal with Russia.
In a BBC interview to mark a year since Russia's full-scale invasion, he warned conceding l…
The New Juaben South Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern Region, Selassie Amuzu, has called on constituency executives as well as members of the party to bury their differences and forge ahead in …
The leadership of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region has vowed to work extra hard to reclaim the Navrongo Central parliamentary seat the party lost to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 20…
One of the flag bearer hopefuls of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kojo Bonsu, has said his campaign messages ahead of the contest as to who leads the party into the 2024 general election will hinge on the "unblemished…
Some 93.5 million people are registered to voteImage caption: Some 93.5 million people are registered to vote
Police officers trained in election security will be present at every voting centre in Nigeria, says the head of the force, wh…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the resignation of his deputy, David Mabuza, thanking him for his "unwavering support" over the last five years.
Local reports say it comes as no surprise because Mr Mabuza had alrea…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has explained that he maintains calm composure and stability during crisis as President.
That is to motivate the citizenry not to wobble but be assured that whatever the situation, it is surmounta…
A shooting ambush in a remote Australian town that left six people dead has been declared a religiously-motivated terrorist attack.
Authorities say it is the first time Christian extremist ideology has been linked to a terro…
The electoral body in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it has started voter registration in seven provinces in the eastern part of the country where millions of civilians have been displaced by fighting between the army and rebels.
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For the first time in three years, all the land borders in Ivory Coast are now open.
"Favourable health and economic developments" since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic mean it is now safe to lift this restriction, say the country…
In a bid to calm tensions over a lack of cash in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that one of the three banknotes being phased out will be reintroduced into circulation.
In recent days there have been violen…
Deputy Communications Officer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ernest Owusu Bempah has stated that his party is poised at winning the 2024 parliamentary and presidential elections despite the economic hurdles confronting the country.
M…
Mr Omar Hayford, a Parliamentary Aspirant for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Okaikoi South Constituency, has presented some hospital consumables to the Kaneshie Polyclinic in Accra on Wednesday.
The presentation was to ai…
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has appealed to Ghanaians to come on board and support his fight against indiscipline in the capital.
Mr Quartey is calling on Civil Society Organisations, Churches, the Media and …
Crowds of retirees in China have again taken to the streets to protest against cuts to their medical benefits.
They gathered on Wednesday for a second time in Wuhan, where Covid was first detected, and also in the north-eas…
Some five Members of Parliament from the Kusaug traditional area have condemned the enskinment of a new Bawku Naba in Nalegiru on Wednesday, February 15.
The group says the Zugrana, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II remains the legally reco…
Russian missiles were once again taunting Ukraine from the sky as we entered this prisoner of war facility in the west of the country.
Hundreds of captured Russian soldiers, conscripts, and mercenaries are held in these grit…
Parliament has approved the list of membership of nine re-composed committees to ensure smooth running of the House.
They are the Committee of Selection, the Business Committee, the Appointments Committee, the House Committee, the Stand…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is due to address the nation on Thursday morning amid a shortage of the newly designed banknotes that has led to a lack of cash.
The presidency says Mr Buhari's address will start at 07:00 local time …
Tunisia’s main opposition coalition has described the string of arrests targeting critics of President Kais Saied as “repressive, violent and legally baseless”.
In recent days police have detained several prominent politicians, two judg…
Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is resigning as Scotland's first minister after more than eight years in the role.
The Scottish National Party leader said she knew "in my head and in my heart" this was the right time to s…
Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko has been jailed for six years for posting on social media about a deadly attack by Russian warplanes on a theatre in Ukraine.
The court in Barnaul in Siberia found her guilty of spreading…
Hundreds of followers of the main Christian Orthodox church in Ethiopia have been arrested in recent days following tensions with the authorities, lawyers representing the religious institution have told the BBC.
The head of the church…
The African Union has appointed former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta to lead its observation mission in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria.
Nigerians go to the polls on 25 February.
The observer mission includes represent…
The UK has been accused of crimes against humanity in its refusal to allow a group of islanders to return to the Chagos archipelago, half a century after they were forced off the island by British troops.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said …
Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo has blamed the country’s economic woes on the reckless spending of the government during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Bolgatanga Central legislator accused the governme…
The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal has urged African governments to harness the human and natural resources of the continent to promote socio-economic development.
“Africa has so many resources but be…
The Mfantseman Young Patriot for Development in the Mfantseman Municipality have commended the President, Nana Addo Danqwa Akufo Addo on the appointment of Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng, as the Minister in charge of Chieftaincy and Religious …
Dr Yawa Solace Asafo, a lecturer, University of Media, Arts, and Communication (UniMAC), has called for responsible journalism to rid the country of bad utterances engulfing the media space.
“The sense of responsibility as hosts, guests…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed the hope that the Human Sexuality and Identity Bill before Parliament will take into consideration the culture and the societal attitude of the people, as well as the humanity of the pe…
The first UN aid convoy has entered through a reopened border crossing into rebel-held north-western Syria, devastated by last week's earthquake.
The UN said 11 lorries crossed from Turkey at Bab al-Salameh on Tuesday.
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New Zealand officials say at least four people, including a child, have died in the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle, which has caused significant flooding and landslides across the North Island.
On Wednesday, officials conf…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi Constituency in the Volta Region, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has advocated improved access and internet connectivity to benefit the rural poor.
"The fact…
A Presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has called on his fellow aspirants and politicians in general to eschew insults, lies and propaganda in order to elevate the political discourse in the count…
Health officials in Cameroon say they have detected two suspected cases of the Marburg virus close to the border with Equatorial Guinea, where there is an outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic fever.
Neither of the pair had travelled acr…
Ukraine has launched a training course for diplomats from African countries, as part of an effort to strengthen relations with the continent, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
The Foreign Ministry said on its website on 14 Februa…
New Zealand's prime minister says Cyclone Gabrielle, which has pummelled much of the North Island, is a weather event not seen "in a generation".
Chris Hipkins' government has declared a state of emergency - only the third …
Switzerland has called for dialogue between the Cameroonian government and separatist groups after armed men killed five aid workers.
Armed men on last week attacked a Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) facility in the restive South…
Militants have attacked an army outpost and a gold mine run by precious stones miner Gemfields Group in the northern Mozambican district of Montepuez in Cabo Delgado province, privately-owned radio station Zumbo FM has reported.
The ear…
The authorities in Equatorial Guinea on Monday said the country had reported its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family of viruses that cause Ebola.
Nine people are suspected to have died fro…
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Justin Portal Welby,has described the country’s democratic process as exemplary in Africa, saying it is not based on tyranny but on clear policy and freedom of choice.
He cited double voting in Northern …
The Eastern Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Tony Osei-Adjei, has urged the newly elected Akwatia Constituency executives of the party to work assiduously to win back the Akwatia parliamentary seat from the opposition…
The National Chairman of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Nana Ofori Owusu, has described the current action of the President to replace ministers and fill vacant positions as unproductive and a bane to the development of the nation.
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People like Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko are a "disturbance", the immediate past Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo has said.
Reacting to Gabby's comment on her participation in a pensioner bondholders picketing as part of a protest asking the g…
South African officials have seized a superyacht and two palatial homes owned by Equatorial Guinea's Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang.
A court ordered the seizures after local businessman Daniel Janse van Rensburg won a …
Syria's government has agreed to open two more border crossings to allow aid to be delivered to opposition-held north-western areas devastated by last week's earthquakes, the UN says.
"It's going to make a big difference. We…
The sensors from the first suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over the US have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, the US military says.
Search crews found "significant debris from the site, including all of the pr…